Murrumbidgee Landcare e-news No. 41 - October 2015

Table of Contents

• News
• Upcoming Events
• Funding
• Landcare Resources
• For Schools
• Landcare Group Meetings
• Newsletters
   

News

• We're State Landcare Award winners!
• Landcare Support Program 2015-19 - restoring Landcare Coordinators
• Memorandum of Understanding between Landcare and Local Land Services
• NSW Parliamentary Friends of Landcare
• WANTED - New members for Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc. Committee & Executive Committee
• Call for EOI from LANDHOLDERS: Silverleaf Nightshade trial sites
• Robbie returns to the Riverina!
• Join the "Land for Wildlife" Scheme
• Reintroducing Traditional Indigenous Land Management Practices
• From Farm to Fork
• Have your say  - NSW Volunteering Strategy
• Silverleaf Nightshade Demonstration Trial Competition - iPad Winners

Upcoming Events

• Sustainability Social Networking drinks - Wagga Wagga - 8 October 2015
• Grazing Management Project local area meeting - Bookham - 8 October 2015
• Birds of the Bush Festival - Rankin Springs - 9-10 October 2015
• Friends of Grasslands Visit to Lake Bathurst - 10 October 2015
• 18th NSW Weeds Conference - Cooma - 12 October 2015
• Soil for Food, Fibre and the Environment Day - Sutton - 16 October 2015
• FOG Expedition to Taralga Area - 17 October 2015
• Livingstone National Park outing - Wagga Wagga - 17 October 2015
• Murrumbatement Field Days - 17-18 October 2015
• Parkcare at The Pinnacle – Achievements and challenges - 18 October 2015
• Birds, plants and night animals of Five Ways Reserve - Henty - 21 October 2015
• Friends of Grasslands visit to Batkins - Bungendore 24 October 2015
• Nature Conservation Council Annual Conference - Sydney - 24 October 2015
• Aussie Backyard Bird Count - 25 October 2015
• Friends of Grasslands - Hall Cemetery restoration workparty - 31 October 2015
• NSW & ACT Annual Twitchathon - 31 October 2015
• Compost Doctor workshops - 31 October 2015

Funding

• Integrated Native Vegetation Management Project - 31 October 2015
• Riverine Rangelands Paddock Restoration Project - 31 October 2015
• Small Environmental Grants Scheme - 10 November 2015
• Community Grants Program - Riverina LLS - 13 November 2015
• Landcare is Pozible - crowdfunding contacts

Landcare Resources

• Remote sensor wildlife camera
• Tripod projector screen
• Data projector
• Portable PA system with wireless microphone
• Frogs:  A Glovebox Guide
• Wildflowers of the Narrandera and Cocoparra Ranges
• An information guide to the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area native plant communities
• Full catalogue of Landcare resources

For Schools

• Lutheran School Sustainable Living Festival - Wagga Wagga - 7 November 2015
• Why does my hamburger taste so good? - grass-fed beef
• Why does my hamburger taste so good? - organic eggs
• Why does my hamburger taste so good? - high-quality wheat & oil
• Junior Landcare TV

Landcare Group Meetings

• Wagga Wagga Urban Landcare - 7 October 2015
• Murrumbidgee Field Naturalists - 8 October 2015
• Molonglo Catchment Group - 12 October 2015
• Sutton Landcare Group - 13 October 2015
• Taylors Creek Landcare Group - 19 October 2015
• Southern ACT Catchment Group - 27 October 2015
• Narrandera Landcare Group - 27 October 2015

Newsletters

• NRM on Farms - October 2015

Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc. (MLi) is a not-for-profit organisation representing community Landcare in the Murrumbidgee catchment.  Our e-news is a project of MLi and the Regional Landcare Facilitator project.  Please contact us to have content included in our next monthly e-news.